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ferris practices at massachusetts general. run by partners, it's one of the most prestigious and priciest hospitals around. in today's cost-cutting climate, it's been on the defensive. why is the very hospital we're in now among the most expensive hospitals in the world? >> this is an all-things-for-all people. there are certain disease categories, we're the only provider that provides care for that category of patients. there's another reason: we teach here. we teach the next generation of doctors and nurses, and we have to cover the costs of that teaching. >> reporter: places like mass general make money by providing as many services as they can and charging a premium for them. >> that was always the ethic of the system: do a lot, keep the hospital beds full, keep the services busy, we'll make a lot of money, and then we can use that to support the social missions and save for a rainy day. what massachusetts has said is, "we cant afford that system. make your money by being better, cheaper, not by being more and more and mor
ferris practices at massachusetts general. run by partners, it's one of the most prestigious and priciest hospitals around. in today's cost-cutting climate, it's been on the defensive. why is the very hospital we're in now among the most expensive hospitals in the world? >> this is an all-things-for-all people. there are certain disease categories, we're the only provider that provides care for that category of patients. there's another reason: we teach here. we teach the next generation...
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i live in massachusetts and i looked up emergency room visits from 2011 and massachusetts was top 13 of highest emergency room visits. i am not sure if it is going to take care of that nationally. thank you. ed.t: marco rubio has an op- he says no bailouts for obama care. ofied deep in the department health and human services press release that accompany the president's november 14 speech was the sentence. though this transitional policy was not anticipated by help insurance insurers when setting rates for 2014, the risk court or program should help ameliorate unanticipated changes in premium revenue. while risk corridors can predict -- protect taxpayers, obama's risk corridors are designed in such an open-ended manner that he president's action now exposes taxpayers to a bailout of the health-insurance industry if and when the law fails. to president's only response people losing their health insurance plans entails putting them on the hook for bailing out insurance companies. that is an op-ed from marco rubio of florida. night still, indiana, republican line. hi. ille, indiana, rep
i live in massachusetts and i looked up emergency room visits from 2011 and massachusetts was top 13 of highest emergency room visits. i am not sure if it is going to take care of that nationally. thank you. ed.t: marco rubio has an op- he says no bailouts for obama care. ofied deep in the department health and human services press release that accompany the president's november 14 speech was the sentence. though this transitional policy was not anticipated by help insurance insurers when...
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a high-school history teacher from williamstown, massachusetts... and a fourth-grade math teacher from richardson, texas... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the first of our semi-final matches. the two players who do not win the game today will go home, each receiving $10,000 in cash. that's good, but not as good as the winner, because that person gets to come back in three days and play for $100,000. so, this is a big, important game. john, timothy, and katie, good luck. here comes the jeopardy! round. and now here are the categories. you'll see those two letters in each correct response. [ laughter ] alex: john, start. "oh" for $200. john. what is pharaoh? yes. "oh" for $400. answer there -- daily double. [ laughs ] [ applause ] oh, boy. alex: you know the drill. you can risk up to $1,000. i'll go for $1,000. okay. what is bohemia? yes. [ applause ] "oh" for $600.
a high-school history teacher from williamstown, massachusetts... and a fourth-grade math teacher from richardson, texas... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the first of our semi-final matches. the two players who do not win the game today will go home, each receiving $10,000 in cash. that's good, but not as good as the winner, because that person gets to come back in three days and play for...
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i'm here today because of what i'm hearing from families in massachusetts. and i also want to thank the senator from mississippi. this is a reminder, this is something that's hitting us all around the country, this change in the flood maps. i'm here today to support my colleagues' bipartisan efforts to help homeowners across the country who are getting hit with newly revised maps and increased flood insurance premiums. families purchase flood insurance to prevent the loss of their homes in a natural disaster but now many of these families fear the price of flood insurance could be just as devastating and actually cost them their homes. i understand why congress changed the national flood program to more accurately reflect the true cost and the risks of flood damage, and i agree that over time, we need to move to a more market-based system for setting flood insurance rates. provided we adequately take into account affordability concerns for working families. these maps and rate increases are having as big an impact as a big storm. when fema released these flo
i'm here today because of what i'm hearing from families in massachusetts. and i also want to thank the senator from mississippi. this is a reminder, this is something that's hitting us all around the country, this change in the flood maps. i'm here today to support my colleagues' bipartisan efforts to help homeowners across the country who are getting hit with newly revised maps and increased flood insurance premiums. families purchase flood insurance to prevent the loss of their homes in a...
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what we saw in massachusetts was that those numbers spiked for young people particularly when they could see they could get a really good deal on those coverage options. >> the white house is banking on the idea that the young people will give this a second chance, that they won't have to spend hours to find what they want, and they'll go back in january when the president says, okay, it's all fixed. do you think that will happen. >> i think it's important to point out that health insurance is isn't a fad. it's not buying a ipad, a pair of jeans where oh man, the website doesn't work, i'm going to give up. it's an important thing and health insurance is something that young people truly valley. yes, i think young people are willing, and we talk to young people every day. it's not working great right now, we'll check back in a week. historically what we've seen, as we get closer to the deadline we're going to see that spike in enrollment, but our job is really to make sure that young people have the facts so you know the median income for uninsured 25-year-old is under $17,000 a year. tha
what we saw in massachusetts was that those numbers spiked for young people particularly when they could see they could get a really good deal on those coverage options. >> the white house is banking on the idea that the young people will give this a second chance, that they won't have to spend hours to find what they want, and they'll go back in january when the president says, okay, it's all fixed. do you think that will happen. >> i think it's important to point out that health...
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marriage could be defrocked of they found him guilty by breaking his vows by officia officiating the ceren massachusetts. the re reverend says he performd the ceremony out of love and did not mean to disobey the church's teachings. >> michael bloomberg signed landmark legislation raising the minimum wage to buy tobacco. a majority of people get addicted before the hit the age of 2 i 21 and have trouble quitg even if they wanted to. >> george zimmerman was released from a jail cell. he was arrested yesterday and charged with felony aggravated assault. he was acquitted of murdering trayvon martin. >> mcdonalds is getting into promoting local elections in denmark. the restaurants will be decorated with election materials and a few will hold local polling stations. >> the initiative was cookethe e lowest in 40 years. >> it's a wonderful life has a proposed sea quell. proposed -- sequel of the carolyn grimes is to take part in the pr project. at the age of six she played a role she had one of the most famous lines from that movie. "every time a bell rings an angle gets his wings". >> the angels are going to
marriage could be defrocked of they found him guilty by breaking his vows by officia officiating the ceren massachusetts. the re reverend says he performd the ceremony out of love and did not mean to disobey the church's teachings. >> michael bloomberg signed landmark legislation raising the minimum wage to buy tobacco. a majority of people get addicted before the hit the age of 2 i 21 and have trouble quitg even if they wanted to. >> george zimmerman was released from a jail cell....
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joining us from cambridge, massachusetts, hard university law professor charles ogetry who is a friend to the president. where am i going wrong here, professor? >> well, bill, where should i start? first of all, i love oprah winfrey she has done a great job and i think in her heart if you heard all of her statement, i'm sure all of it will be put on the fox network, she is talking about how things are much better than they were. she was incensed about whand to president obama with comments about race. she didn't say anything that the president said. in fact, he is one who has teflon when it comes to issues of attacking him. he has been attacked by people from start to finish. i think the reality is that he is a good man, he doesn't let race bother him. people say he ♪ race enough. he is too much race. he ignores that and tries to do what's best for the country. you think about it some of these criticisms have not just been about obamacare and people are very critical of that but the reality has been about everything. about whether he is a citizen, whether he was born in hawaii. wheth
joining us from cambridge, massachusetts, hard university law professor charles ogetry who is a friend to the president. where am i going wrong here, professor? >> well, bill, where should i start? first of all, i love oprah winfrey she has done a great job and i think in her heart if you heard all of her statement, i'm sure all of it will be put on the fox network, she is talking about how things are much better than they were. she was incensed about whand to president obama with...
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reverend frank schaefer performed his son's wedding six years ago in massachusetts. he could lose his relike thous credentials. he is due to hear his penalty this morning. >> a sexual assault case comes to an end. three women convicted of assaulting girls became known as the san antonio four. they maintained their in sense and say it never happened. testimony was ruled invalid. the fourth woman convicted was paroled last year. >> you saw those people lining up for play station four. sony sold a million of its new play station gaming systems. >> days after its debut, users are complaining. they've got issues. >> what sony is doing to fix those new problems. >> nasa's newest explorer is en route to mars. what scientists hope the spacecraft will accomplish on the red plan at the time. >> radio's 10th anniversary program. >> cell braying a decade of shining a spotlight on this countries veterans. >> you are looking at a live shot of the statue of liberty on a beautiful tuesday morning in new york. >> audiences are intelligent and they know that their >> good morning, wel
reverend frank schaefer performed his son's wedding six years ago in massachusetts. he could lose his relike thous credentials. he is due to hear his penalty this morning. >> a sexual assault case comes to an end. three women convicted of assaulting girls became known as the san antonio four. they maintained their in sense and say it never happened. testimony was ruled invalid. the fourth woman convicted was paroled last year. >> you saw those people lining up for play station four....
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again, you know, in the massachusetts experiment most people signed up at the very end of it. that's what the administration's been projecting from the beginning. but certainly they can't be happy with the number of sign-ups up to this moment s and the site still isn't up and running correctly. jon: yeah. job that, we're on the -- joan that, we've got 11 days until december, and december's when all these people have to get signed up, right? >> that's when a lot of them have to sign up, and they have to pay something starting this the new year. first of all, it's really important to remember that the serious critics of obamacare never really spent much time, you know, saying, oh, the web site's going to be a disaster. everyone sort of assumed they would get the web site right since they had three years to do it, and so this is in ways has been an unforced error for the democrats. all of the criticisms that people have made about the rest of obamacare still have plenty of time to kick in and are already kicking in. you know, people are losing their plans which the critics said w
again, you know, in the massachusetts experiment most people signed up at the very end of it. that's what the administration's been projecting from the beginning. but certainly they can't be happy with the number of sign-ups up to this moment s and the site still isn't up and running correctly. jon: yeah. job that, we're on the -- joan that, we've got 11 days until december, and december's when all these people have to get signed up, right? >> that's when a lot of them have to sign up,...
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chairman earlier this year researchers insteadle and pindike from the massachusetts institute of technology's sloane's school of economics, m.i.t., found that speculation wasn't driving up energy prices. and i will quote them, mr. chairman. i'm quoting right now. back to those pesky speculators for a moment. surely their bets on oil have had some effects on prices. according to our latest research, the answer is, not really. in our recent paper, we explore the link between speculation and inventory changes. we calculate a series of speculation-free prices by creating a stable inventory of oil, providing us with a picture of what the market might look like in the absence of speculation. we focus on inventory for a simple reason. if oil prices are changing because of speculators, then there would have to be commensurate changes in inventories. a buildup of when prices are increasing and a drawdown of when prices are falling. but when the economy was strong and oil prices were increasing, we didn't see large increases in inventories. in fact, they fell somewhat. this means that peak prices would
chairman earlier this year researchers insteadle and pindike from the massachusetts institute of technology's sloane's school of economics, m.i.t., found that speculation wasn't driving up energy prices. and i will quote them, mr. chairman. i'm quoting right now. back to those pesky speculators for a moment. surely their bets on oil have had some effects on prices. according to our latest research, the answer is, not really. in our recent paper, we explore the link between speculation and...